Mizzou Recruitment

[Momoftiger]

Thank you all for pulling for my daughter! She had a great return this morning. She will be attending a full 11 houses over the next two days. She is over the top excited with her invites back. So many great houses to see and get to know!

[NorthernMom]

Great news for her!! (and you!)

Hope she has a great 2 days! So many great houses and great philanthropies they support!

[WalkintheWoods]

Originally Posted by Momoftiger

Thank you all for pulling for my daughter! She had a great return this morning. She will be attending a full 11 houses over the next two days. She is over the top excited with her invites back. So many great houses to see and get to know!

Hooray! So exciting for your daughter, Momoftiger! Good for her! That is an excellent result; you must both be really pleased. She obviously makes a great first impression and a lot of houses are interested in her.

One thing to keep in mind is that your daughter and her friends may (or may not) experience more cuts on the next round, just because of the nature of RFM. You may want to prepare her for that. I knew some girls last year who had a full dance card second round and then went down to 5 or 6 (when they were hoping to fill their schedule with 8) for the following round and were really devastated-- when there's no need to be. It happens and isn't anything to be alarmed about. I don't want to be a damper at all and your daughter could very well have 8 parties in the next round; I just think it's easier to have the information and not be surprised/dismayed if the numbers are less later on. So excited for her and good luck to all the PNMs and houses in this round!

[Momoftiger]

Yes, I will be preparing her for just that tomorrow! Thanks for the heads up. I wouldn't know to do that without this website full of great advice

[beagled1]

Originally Posted by Momoftiger

Yes, I will be preparing her for just that tomorrow! Thanks for the heads up. I wouldn't know to do that without this website full of great advice

This site has been so helpful to me in preparing my daughter for different scenarios, helping her keep an open mind, etc. Thanks so much!

She, too, is happy with her full 2nd round schedule with all of her favorites.

FYI, I just checked the website, and it looks like there will be 7 parties in the 3rd round this year.

[WalkintheWoods]

Originally Posted by beagled1

This site has been so helpful to me in preparing my daughter for different scenarios, helping her keep an open mind, etc. Thanks so much!

She, too, is happy with her full 2nd round schedule with all of her favorites.

FYI, I just checked the website, and it looks like there will be 7 parties in the 3rd round this year.

beagled congrats to your daughter! So glad she gets to go back to all of her faves. And thanks also for the update re: 7 parties for 3rd round vs. 8. That makes more sense to me, actually--tighter focus on fewer houses in the second to last round. Back when I was rushing (30 years ago!) We went to only 5 houses in the second to last round, then down to 3 for pref like they do today.

Hang in there, all of you Moms!